okaydo said:
Big C said:
How does one store in a large chain get on "ABC lock down"? I used to work in retail... curious about the details.
I remember getting carded at that store when I was in my early 30s.
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/08/05/dont-look-for-liquor-at-safeway-on-college-its-license-has-been-suspended
I read the article... caught three times within the last year selling to minors. (I knew it had to be multiple times. There is a progression of warnings after each time.)
What I was wondering was, to what extent are other Safeway stores (all part of the same corporation) affected? They corporation must be getting fined, at the very minimum.
I have some pretty decent knowledge of how modern "cash registers" work: For a Safeway cashier to sell alcohol to ANYBODY in their line, they have to scan the customer's ID or manually put in a birth date. In the case of somebody like me who is obviously over 21 x 2, they can override it, but they have to do it proactively. It's REALLY frowned upon to not scan or look at anybody's ID unless they are WAY over 21. The cashiers get trained on this and it's serious. If there's a customer who looks to be "about 35", they should absolutely get carded, without question.
Another possibility: That store has (or used to have) some self-service check-out registers. About 3-4 years ago, it became illegal in CA to sell alcohol at those registers. One employee has to be monitoring those registers at all times. I would GUESS that they can make it so that those particular registers just flat-out do not scan alcoholic beverages.
The manager of that store almost certainly lost his or her job.